Auctioneer accused of ‘stealing’ state vehicles threatens legal action

William Baah, the man who identified himself as an auctioneer, has threatened to take legal action against government’s Asset Retrieval Taskforce for claiming he has ‘stolen’ over 60 vehicles supposedly belonging to the state.

Mr William Baah was reacting to a recent media publication that sought to suggest that he is keeping vehicles suspected to belong to the state.

The taskforce in an operation Wednesday found the vehicles parked at a yard belonging to one William Baah, who identified himself as an auctioneer. Five of the cars have been identified as State vehicles.

Some of the vehicles have the customized SPD number plates and include Land Cruisers, Mitsubishi Pajeros, and BMWs.




“They are over 60 cars; some are government cars,” the leader of the taskforce told the media. “We can’t judge it here. That will be left to our big men. We only came to pick the information and will send the signal to Ghana government.”

But Mr Baah speaking on Adom FM’s Morning Show “Dwaso Nsem” Thursday explained that the vehicles were confiscated by the courts and he was only “preserving them.”

He insists the vehicles belong to the court.

“When you owe a bank or an individual and the person takes you to court; the court goes to your house for execution and when they find a property or car on your premises they seize it and ask you to go and pay your debt after that you come for your vehicle,” Mr Baah stressed.

He added that “All these cars can’t be parked at the court premises. That is why we have auctioneers and debt collectors so when the cars are seized the court will authorise the auctioneer to go for the vehicles for preservation. The cars over here are not mine. When you put these cars on screen you embarrass the owners of the vehicles and the auctioneers”.

However, Mr Baah who believes the publication has affected his personality as well as his family has vowed to take legal action against those involved.

Listen to Mr Baah

Source: adomonline.com